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Agency hoping for wet year, high power from Thurmond

...going to be better," said Virgil Hobbs, the assistant administrator for finance and marketing for the Southeastern Power Administration.That U.S. Department of Energy agency, based in Elberton, Ga., sells electricity to 491 customers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-29/agency-hoping-wet-year-high-p
Thurmond Dam could be remotely operated

...full pool, typically generate about 1.2 megawatt hours each year. That electricity is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration to electric cooperatives and other customers throughout the region. Such sales return about $70 million...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-12-26/thurmond-dam-could-be-remotel
No relief in forecast for hot, parched area

...Engineers.The power is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration, which has contracts that specify how much...management plan. During droughts, the Southeastern Power Administration often buys alternate power elsewhere for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-18/no-relief-forecast-hot-parche
As Lake Hartwell falls, finger-pointing mounts

...supply Savannah, Augusta and other cities. They also worry that the Corps and another federal agency, the Southeastern Power Administration, focus too much on generating electricity and too little on keeping the lake full. "You're going to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/21/met_504844.shtml
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Agency must buy alternate power

...rethink its contracting procedures. The Southeastern Power Administration, which sells electricity from Thurmond...Corps of Engineers dams is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Energy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/06/19/met_462680.shtml
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Dry spells cost power producers

...utility costs for everyone - including the federal agency that sells electricity from Thurmond Dam. The Southeastern Power Administration, which sells low-cost power to hundreds of clients across the Southeast, has bought $19.4 million...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/08/15/met_139711.shtml
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Corps predicts Thurmond Lake level will rise

...that he would stick to the plan and not be swayed by any single party - not by them or by groups like the Southeastern Power Administration, whose power needs are often at the center of conspiracy theories about the amount of water let through...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/12/15/met_108468.shtml
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Water is money for dams

...hydraulic engineer with the Southeastern Power Administration. The administration...wet all along." The Southeastern Power Administration sells low-cost electricity...44 * To date Source: Southeastern Power Administration How it works - Electricity...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/08/19/met_446301.shtml
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Critics urge protection of waterways

...chairman of the House Subcommittee on Water and Power. Other testimony came from representatives of the Southeastern Power Administration, commercial hydropower interests, regional utilities such as Georgia Power Co. and Augusta businessman...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/09/28/met_429755.shtml
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Proposal for Thurmond Lake levels

...their guidelines for Lake Thurmond. These would far outweigh the concern for power production since the Southeastern Power Administration can get economical power elsewhere during a drought. As for water quality and water supply, the Corps...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/11/12/let_358101.shtml
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